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  1. cricketCommentsPremiumAnticlimactic end to play

  2. cricketCommentsPremiumFamily ties add to play

  3. charity bashCommentsPremiumClub bats for Ahlia’s memory

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  5. FATAL CRASHTwo men dead after car hits tree in Australind

rainbow fundraiserCommentsColourful fund run

Teachers, parents and police officers were coated in colour during Kingston Primary School’s colour run last week, with students running through hurdles to reach the end of the fun run course.

Kasper Johansen

revitalising waroonaCommentsPremiumHave your say on new town centre proposal

Public consultation has begun for the new Waroona town centre revitalisation strategy, as the town looks to recapture a common identity.

Luke McPherson

Growth pausedCommentsPremiumClearing plans put on hold

Tensions ran high in a packed Harvey Shire Council chamber last week as the fate of a vegetable grower’s contentious application to expand its horticultural operations was deferred until next year.

Kasper Johansen

get to the chopperCommentsPremiumnew RFDS craft set for take-off

The Royal Flying Doctor Service showed off two new additions to its flying arsenal in Harvey last week, giving local clinicians and emergency crews the chance to see the new equipment.

Kasper Johansen

inclusion dayCommentsPremiumLearning to embrace and celebrate all our differences

Hundreds of students at Kingston Primary School dressed in bright colours and participated in activities last week to encourage acceptance and support and celebrate their unique differences.

Luke McPherson

Labor Forrest contenderPremiumLabor newcomer to contest Forrest at Federal election

Bunbury resident Bronwen English has been confirmed as Labor’s choice to contest the seat, which has been held by Brunswick-born Nola Marino for 14 years.

Jacinta Cantatore

Huge penaltyPremiumPremiumIllegal marron fishers slapped with biggest WA fine

A pair of illegal marron fishers in the South West have been hit with almost $100,000 in fines after catching more than 400 marron — the biggest fine for illegal marron fishing in WA history.

Unclaimed cashPremiumPremiumSouth West residents owed thousands in unclaimed cash

The biggest unclaimed amount in the South West is for a Donnybrook resident who can claim a whopping $46,000.

rainbow fundraiserCommentsCommentsColourful fund run

Teachers, parents and police officers were coated in colour during Kingston Primary School’s colour run last week, with students running through hurdles to reach the end of the fun run course.

BRADY HOUGHCommentsPremiumThe new Eagle from Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault

Tears, joy and champagne flowed freely at a household in Harvey when Brady Hough’s childhood dream was realised.

Luke McPherson

charity bashCommentsPremiumClub bats for Ahlia’s memory

The iconic green of the Leschenault Cricket Club will be swapped for baby blue this Saturday, in memory of a seven-year-old girl who lost her battle with cancer last year.

Luke McPherson

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WATCH THE VIDEO VideoPremiumRebels’ show of force in face of McGowan’s new bikie laws

Rebels bikies have put on a massive show of force in Perth’s northern suburbs just days after the McGowan Government announced sweeping new laws to drive motorcycle gangs out of WA. 

Michael Traill

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Cleaners sacked for giving FIFO workers sex toys

FIFO cleaners who posted videos online of themselves distributing homemade sex toys for male workers to dongas have lost their jobs.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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How a suicidal teenager spent eight days stuck in an ED

A suicidal teenager spent eight days in a hospital emergency department waiting for a mental health bed - an ordeal his distraught parents have described as 'slow torture’.

Charlotte Elton

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Header firesPremiumHeaders go up in flames as farmers harvest big crops

“I looked in my mirrors and there was flames shooting out the right-hand side of the header.”

Adam Poulsen

Huge penaltyPremiumIllegal marron fishers slapped with biggest WA fine

A pair of illegal marron fishers in the South West have been hit with almost $100,000 in fines after catching more than 400 marron — the biggest fine for illegal marron fishing in WA history.

Kasper Johansen

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Albany man jailed for ‘the worst’ child sex material

Australian Federal Police officers seized two mobile phones, with one of the phones containing 4452 child exploitation files, mostly of “very, very young” girls.

Kellie Balaam

Restricted accessPremiumPremiumNesting season Cable Beach car ban mulled by council

The final decision on whether to implement the closures will be handed down once YPC presents a final report to the council in June 2022

Vicious assaultPremiumPremiumMan bites off partner’s lip in barbaric attack

A Halls Creek man bit a chunk of his partner’s lip off in an attack so savage that it left her teeth exposed.

Christmas appealCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumKununurra duo diagnosed with cancer encourage donations

A Kununurra husband and wife who were diagnosed with cancer within two months of each other have become the face of Cancer Council WA’s new Christmas appeal.

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‘Team effort’Cleo Smith’s parents in Perth to honour hero cops

Governor Kim Beazley has welcomed Cleo Smith’s parents to Government House to honour the heroic police officers responsible for rescuing their little girl.

Michael Traill

Prized sites Walsh to push for conscience vote on Aboriginal heritage

Former Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh has backed calls to rework proposed heritage laws — saying “white people don’t get” sacred Indigenous sites — and revealed plans to lobby the WA Government for a conscience vote.

Danielle Le Messurier

Bin burster PremiumPremiumFarmers relishing best grain harvest on record

Headers are rolling in the paddocks and farmers are rolling in the profits, as a perfect storm of bumper yields and exceptional prices push the expected value of the WA grain harvest to more than $8bn.

top schools revealedCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNorthern suburbs schools named best of best

Two northern suburbs public schools have been recognised as WA’s schools of the year in the annual Education Department awards.

Times upCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumResource giants confident ahead of mandatory vax deadline

Industry sources estimate less than 5 per cent of WA’s resources workforce remains unvaccinated ahead of Wednesday’s government-mandated deadline, with companies not expecting any impact on operations.

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Fresh push to expel Clan figure Nick Goiran from WA Libs

Another WA Liberal Party branch has joined a growing effort to expel Christian conservative politician Nick Goiran from the party over his involvement in The Clan.

Peter Law